Extremists Capture Parts of Key Iraqi Cities
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Smoke billows from a police car following clashes in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, West of Baghdad, on January 2, 2014.
( AZHAR SHALLAL/AFP / Getty )
( AZHAR SHALLAL/AFP / Getty )
Produced by Jillian Weinberger and Ellen Frankman